- Generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) can be useful for non-normal data with random effects
- \(\texttt{glmmTMB}\) has a familiar interface based off \(\texttt{lme4}\)
- \(\texttt{glmmTMB}\) is a fast, flexible and stable package (Brooks et al. 2017)
- It has more distributions available
- Plus flexible zero-inflated models and hurdle models